Slug (37,2°C) - Glide (1 out of 4) - dark ambient

[Slug (37,2°)]

Hi people,

here is a link to a new track that is part of a bunch of four. The others will follow soon (hopefully). I hope you like them. Any comment as to the composition, production or whatever, is very much appreciated:

01 Glide * Dark ambient * 224 kBps * 10.6 MB

Sincerely, Slug (37,2°C)

[Slug (37,2°)]

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[polyslax]

Delicious chocolaty atmosphere slug... full of doom! Would love more of the close sounds like the footstep type noise to really bring more tension to the piece. Looking forward to the rest of the series!

[Slug (37,2°)]

Poly, thanks for your comments and for throwing in that 'chocolaty' qualification! The bass is a combination of a drawbar organ and the old Tau Bass that I love and use time and again.

Will post soon! Cheers, Slug

[Az're-ul]

Nice and moody, will definitely check out the next 3.

Sounds a bit too bass heavy on my admittedly cheap pc speakers but sounds great on headphones.

[Jazzyspoon]

moody, moody, moody. nice tones. My monitors love the low signals.
Otherworldly without being overly "new age" sounding.
Nice work. good recording too.

[Slug (37,2°)]

Hi Az're-ul,

thanks for your comments! I create all my tracks using headphones due to my pc-speakers that are cheap too. Recently I played one of my tracks on a friend's high end equipment, and it sounded truly awful. It takes proper mastering skills (that I obviously do not have) to provide adequate playback on all hifi-sets. Till then, I suggest to use headphones .

Jazzyspoon, thanks! Personally I do not like new age (both spiritually and esthetically) all that much, so I am glad to stay on the good side!

By the way, here is the second track: 02 Morphine * Soundscape * 224 kBps * 9 MB

Kind regards, Slug

[Jazz Franco]

Too much bass, yes, but then, if this is an .mp3 release supposed to go to an iPod, not such a bad thing. A proper mix for a music-unfriendly enviroment (I can imagine listening to this while in the metro train; I actually will )

The first 3 minutes sound a lot like vintage Tangerine Dream (c. Zeit) to my ears. FM-like bells strting c. minute 3 are somewhat excessive (strict imho). I love FM-bells myself, but when used for a melody, they tend to give just about anything this "household Mike Oldfield" kind of feel. Yet when they start chiming slowly in the final minute (smth like an octave lower?), they just stick to their place!

[Slug (37,2°)]

Thanks Jazz Franco! You adequately determined the source of the bells: NI's FM7, one of my absolutely favorite VSTi's. I will take a look at the bass again soon and will try to curb it a bit more.

The artists you mention I only know by name, except for Mike Oldfield whom I know from the great anthem 'Shadow on the Wall', which is not exactly your average new age track. A friend of mine used to play Matthias Grassow which I think seeped into this, as well as Hydroponic Garden by Carbon Based Lifeforms.

Kind regards! Slug

[Jazz Franco]

Shadow On the Wall was a good song. Try his Five Miles Out album btw, one of the best Oldfield's song-based. I actually was hinting at his debut, Tubular Bells, which, of course, didn't have any DX7's on it, but surely inspired many a DX user some 10 years on

And you surely have to have a listen to early Tangerine Dream. Bet you're gonna love it. My suggestions: Zeit, Phaedra, Alpha Centauri (three of my all time faves)

[Slug (37,2°)]

Hi Jazz Franco,

Zeit is a good record indeed, quite disturbing sometimes, I think my music fits in the Tangerine Dream stream quite well (as opposed to Shadow on the Wall that is not such a good track as I remembered).

Kind regards, Slug

[synthgeek]

Very nice! A matter of preference I guess, but I thought the bass seemed to fit (listening on my hi-fi w/15" Cerwin-Vega's). Great atmosphere. On to check out #2...

[Slug (37,2°)]

Hi synthgeek,

thanks a lot! Good to hear it sounds well on proper equipment .

Kind regards, Slug